Post 224 takes command of District 24 tournament

Monday

Jul 15, 2013 at 5:30 PM

What has been a rocky summer for the Post 224 baseball team has seemingly turned around in an instant. The team came into the District 24 tournament in Grayville as the bottom seed, and now has a 2-0 record, defeating Fairfield 11-4 on Saturday and top seed Carrier Mills on Sunday by the score of 8-7.

What has been a rocky summer for the Post 224 baseball team has seemingly turned around in an instant. The team came into the District 24 tournament in Grayville as the bottom seed, and now has a 2-0 record, defeating Fairfield 11-4 on Saturday and top seed Carrier Mills on Sunday by the score of 8-7.

Brown went six innings, allowing two earned runs on nine hits with a walk and three strikeouts. Steed went the final three, allowing two earned runs on four hits with a walk and four strikeouts.

Tyler Cushman and Cole Tucker were both big at the plate, with both getting three hits and Cushman driving in three runs. Steed picked up two RBIs. Tucker, Brown Garrison Hathaway and Dakotah Jolley all scored a pair of runs each in the win.

On Sunday, the team defeated the top seeded team from Carrier Mills, 8-7.

Dakotah Jolley got the start at pitcher. He went six innings, allowing four earned runs on six hits with two walks. Stanton and Garrison Hathaway both pitched an inning and change. Stanton allowed an earned run on a hit with a walk. Garrison allowed two runs, one earned on a hit with a walk. Cole Tucker pitched an inning and allowed no runs on a hit with a walk and a strikeout.

Brown led the team with three RBIs and Jolley had three hits. Brown and Jolley both picked up a double in the win.

The team will face Louisville in the next game, today at 5 p.m. at Grayville. The team, due to its 2-0 mark so far will have at least two more games to play in the tournament.

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